Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)

Assisted living in Marysville, Ohio. 125 licensed beds, ODH State ID 2773R, Union County. Last verified October 2026.

Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville), in Marysville, is one of the Columbus area's larger licensed assisted living communities: 125 beds under Ohio Department of Health State ID 2773R, licensed since 2017. Below is everything the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Department of Aging publish about it, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) licensed by the Ohio Department of Health?

Yes. Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) holds an active Residential Care Facility license, ODH State ID 2773R, for 125 beds; the current license runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.

What do Ohio inspection records show for Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)?

Ohio's Long-Term Care Consumer Guide lists 3 ODH licensure surveys for Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) in roughly the past four years, with 18 citations in total; the most recent, on April 7, 2026, found 8.

That works out to 6.0 citations per licensure survey, against a Columbus-area median of 1.7. That is above the regional median, which is a reason to open the survey reports on the Consumer Guide and ask the administrator what was cited and how it was corrected.

Licensure surveys

Complaint surveys

Complaint investigations: 10 on record with 24 citations; none was flagged for substandard care or immediate jeopardy. ODH runs a complaint survey when someone files a concern, so the count reflects reporting as well as care.

Read each survey's findings on the Consumer Guide inspection page by clicking its date.

What do residents say about Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) in Ohio's satisfaction survey?

Ohio has not published a 2025-2026 resident satisfaction score for Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville); the state withholds a score when too few residents are eligible or respond, so the absence is not a negative finding on its own.

You can check the current status in the state's Long-Term Care Quality Navigator. Without a survey score, the inspection record above and a conversation with current residents' families carry more weight.

Where is Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville), and what else is licensed nearby?

Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) is at 145 Colemans Crossing Blvd, Marysville, Ohio 43040, in Union County, where families are served by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) and the Region 6 Long-Term Care Ombudsman (1-800-536-5891).

Union County's licensed communities are all in Marysville, which has grown quickly alongside the US-33 corridor toward Dublin. Union County is served by Memorial Health in Marysville, with Dublin Methodist and Riverside Methodist the usual referral hospitals to the southeast; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See our Marysville senior care guide and the Union County guide.

Other licensed communities near Marysville

• Walnut Crossing Assisted Living and Memory Care · Marysville, 90 licensed beds
• Heritage Senior Living of Marysville · Marysville, 85 licensed beds
• Milcrest Healthcare · Marysville, 38 licensed beds

What does Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) publish about itself?

Bluebird Retirement Community's Marysville location is at 145 Colemans Crossing Blvd, Marysville, OH, in Union County. According to the operator's own website, this newer campus offers assisted living across the same three suite styles used at Bluebird's original London community, plus a secured memory care wing, Grandma's Farmhouse. Bluebird describes itself as locally owned, with 24-hour on-site nursing across its locations.

Assisted living residents receive help with bathing, dressing, and medication management, alongside amenities such as a walking trail, fireplace lounge, and a 50's-themed malt shop. The Grandma's Farmhouse memory wing offers simplified, secured studio suites intended for residents living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Families should confirm current availability and specific staffing directly with the community.

From the community's own published information, checked when this listing was first verified (2026). Amenities and programs change; confirm them on a visit.

What does assisted living cost at a community like Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)?

Ohio's statewide median for assisted living is $6,103 a month (CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey); no primary source publishes a Columbus-only figure, and Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)'s own rates depend on apartment type and care level.

Ask Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) for a written, itemized monthly quote for your parent's assessed care level, including anything billed separately. Ohio's Assisted Living Waiver can pay for care services, though not room and board, for Medicaid-eligible residents of participating RCFs; ask whether this community accepts it and how many residents use it. How assisted living rates are built and waiver vs. private pay.

Does Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) provide memory care?

Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)'s ODH record does not register Alzheimer's disease services; if the community markets memory care, ask for the written special care unit policies Ohio requires before admission under OAC 3701-16-07(F)(5).

ODH does not issue a separate memory care license, so for private-pay families those written policies are the one document that spells out the unit's admission and discharge criteria, weekly staffing plan, staff training, activities, added costs and physical design. Compare them side by side with another community's. How Ohio regulates memory care.

How should a family evaluate Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)?

With 125 licensed beds, Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) is large enough that staffing can differ floor to floor and shift to shift. Ask for the caregiver-to-resident ratio on the wing your parent would live in, day and overnight, and how many aides are awake after 11 p.m.

Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville) was first licensed in 2017, so its inspection history is shorter than an older building's. Read every survey the Consumer Guide lists and ask how the leadership team has changed since opening. Visit at least twice, once unannounced near a mealtime, and ask to speak with a current resident's family. Bring the inspection record above and ask the administrator to walk you through the most recent survey.

What should you ask on a tour of Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)?

Ask about overnight staffing, move-out triggers and the latest ODH survey first; those three answers separate communities faster than any brochure.

• What does the base rate include, and how are care levels priced?
• What happens if my parent needs skilled nursing beyond the time an RCF may provide it?
• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?
• Who is the family's contact after hours?
• Can I see your most recent ODH survey and your plan of correction?
• Do you have a special care unit, and may I take its written policies home?

Who do you call with a concern about care at Bluebird Retirement Community (Marysville)?

Call the Ohio Department of Health complaint line at 1-800-342-0553 for a licensing concern, or the Region 6 Long-Term Care Ombudsman at 1-800-536-5891 for free, confidential advocacy on a resident's behalf.

An ODH complaint can trigger the kind of complaint survey listed in the inspection record above. The ombudsman does not inspect; it resolves problems such as discharge notices, care-plan disputes and residents' rights issues, and acts with the resident's consent. For abuse, neglect or exploitation, Ohio's statewide APS line at 855-644-6277 (855-OHIO-APS) routes reports to Union County's Adult Protective Services 24 hours a day. For immediate danger, call 911. Ombudsman and APS, explained.